A nightclub floor has collapsed at a British tourist hotspot - leaving 22 people hurt.

The floor gave way at 2.30am on Sunday morning at the Butterfly Disco Pub in Playa de las Americas, Tenerife.

Horrifying video shows panic outside the club as paramedics tend to the wounded - who are all believed to be aged between 20 and 60, reports the Daily Mirror .

A local emergency services coordinator confirmed one of the 22 injured people is a 59-year-old British man who is "suffering from a broken bone in his lower body".

The spokesperson said "there may be other British and Irish casualties" but they are still collating information from the hospitals the casualties have been taken to.

A section of floor measuring more than 40sq ft collapsed at 2.30am (Image: Tenerife Fire Department)

The wounded were all taken to hospital with injuries including broken ankles, severe fractures, cuts, bruises and back and hand wounds.

Images from inside show rescue workers on top of mounds of rubble as the remains of the ceiling hang over their heads.

One Spanish reveller told the Daily Mirror how a friend had phoned him in the midst of the drama and screamed: “Please help me.”

He said: “I was in a club near the Butterfly called the Papagayo when I took a call from a friend there saying 'please come and help me'.

“Apparently the floor of the nightclub literally broke in half and people plunged into the basement below. There was a lot of people hurt. There’s loads of people in different hospitals.

“Police had closed off the street leading to the nightclub.”

Firefighters were called out to search the building for trapped clubbers (Image: Tenerife Fire Department) (Image: Tenerife Fire Department)

A spokesman for a local emergency services coordinator said he was 59 years old and he had suffered a broken bone.

She said: “I can confirm one of the 22 injured people is a 59-year-old British man. He was taken to the Hospital Del Sur in Tenerife and is suffering from a broken bone in his lower body.

"At the moment I can’t tell you if it’s a broken leg or ankle or his hip.There may be other British and Irish casualties but we are still collating information from the hospitals the casualties have been taken to and we won’t be able to confirm until later today.”

Some of the fractures have been described as severe.

The 112 emergency service is reporting that an area of 43sq ft gave way and the people inside plummeted into the basement.

An army of medics and ambulances was on site until 6am ferrying the wounded to hospital.